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US 10,220,641 B2Granted
Printer and operation mode setting method for printer
AssigneeSato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhito Wakamatsu
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Abstract
A printer comprises a linerless label operation mode and a linered label operation mode as operation modes. When a cutter unit is coupled to a coupling portion, a control unit of the printer detects the operation mode of the printer based on whether the cutter unit is a cutter unit configured to cut the linerless label or a cutter unit configured to cut the linered label, and sets the operation mode of the printer to a linerless label operation mode or a linered label operation mode.
Claims11
A printer comprising:
- a printing unit having a thermal head and a platen roller;
- a coupling portion configured to couple a cutter unit;
- and
- a control unit,
- wherein the printer is configured to operate in a linerless label operation mode and a linered label operation mode as operation modes, and
- wherein the control unit is configured to:
- detect an operation mode of the printer based on whether the cutter unit is a cutter unit configured to cut a linerless label or a cutter unit configured to cut a linered label when the cutter unit is coupled to the coupling portion, and set the operation mode of the printer to the linerless label operation mode or the linered label operation mode based on a detected result.
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An operation mode setting method for a printer, comprising:
- detecting an operation mode of the printer based on whether a cutter unit is a cutter unit configured to cut a linerless label or a cutter unit configured to cut a linered label when a cutter unit is coupled to a coupling portion of the printer, the printer being configured to operate in a linerless label operation mode and a linered label operation mode;
- and
- setting the operation mode of the printer to the linerless label operation mode or the linered label operation mode based on a detecting result.
A printer system comprising:
- a printer having a linerless label operation mode and a linered label operation mode, the printer comprising
- a cutter;
- a coupler configured to couple to the cutter;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- detect, when the cutter is coupled to the coupler, an operation mode for the printer based on whether
- the cutter is configured to cut a linerless label, or
- the cutter is configured to cut a linered label, and
- set the operation mode of the printer to the linerless label operation mode or the linered label operation mode based on a detected result.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.